OCNE Conference - May 7 and 8, 2026
Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, Oregon
The May Conference is OCNE’s premier event of the year! Our Louise Shores Lecture Series in 2026 honored to have Christine Tanner, R.N., Ph.D., F.A.A.N. provide the presentation. Dr. Tanner is a world renouned nurse educator and and early founding member of OCNE. We are delighted for her return to OCNE as our Keynote Presenter.
Presentation title: Assessing Student Competence in Clinical Judgment.
The OCNE conference brings together nurse faculty members from different nursing programs located throughout Oregon, to focus professional development. General public attendees are welcome to join us with successful registration. Space is limited and registration will end if we exceed our registration limits.
Conference events includes the Louise Shores Lecture Series keynote presentation, poster and exhibitor viewing opportunities, and breakout presentation sessions. All activities are related to best practice and innovations in nursing education.
A special event for Nurse Faculty of OCNE Schools
Registration is $100 for OCNE faculty. OCNE Faculty are to follow the registration instructions posted to the OCNE Basecamp HQ.
General Admission is available.
General Admission Option:
- General Admission is available to nurses and nurse educators that are not employed by an OCNE Partner Program.
- $200 registration fee to attend the conference on Friday, May 7 & 8, 2026.
OCNE - The Oregon Consortium for Nursing Education - May Conference
Teaching Excellence
OCNE Nursing Programs have exceeded the National Pass Rate over the last five years. OCNE is proud to have educated over 6000 nursing students.
Clear Focus
OCNE is committed to educating nurses with the competencies necessary to provide high quality, compassionate health care to all.
Competency-Based Curriculum
OCNE’s curriculum is “spiraled,” referring to the intentional revisiting of major topics throughout the curriculum at increasing levels of complexity, so that new is related to previous learning.
2025 Conference Exhibitors
Professional Development Contact Hourse for the 2026 OCNE Nursing Education Conference is pending.
Nursing Continuing Professional Development Disclosure Statement
In order to receive a certificate of completion on this activity, participants must either:
Receive full contact hours by attending all conference activities
(Or)
Receive partial contact hours for the sessions attended
NCPD Educational Activity Disclosure
OHSU is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Oregon Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
All presenters for this activity have attested that they will provide the best available evidence for this content and present information fairly and without bias.
Joint Provider Acknowledgement
This conference is provided in conjunction with Oregon Consortium for Nursing Education and Oregon Health & Science University School of Nursing.
Past Events
2025 OCNE Nursing Education Conference
Cognitive Load Research in Simulation and its Implications for Novice Nurses’ Competences
The 2025 Nursing Education Conference has been awarded 7.0 contact hours approved by the ANCC.
NCPD Provider Unit Statement:
OHSU is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Oregon Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Participants can earn 5.0 nursing continuing professional development contact hours.
All presenters for this activity have attested that they will provide the best available evidence for this content and present information fairly and without bias.
2024 OCNE Nursing Education Conference
Exploring Pathways
Michele Deck has been presenting nationally and internationally on innovative teaching methods in the field of health care education and training for over 36 years. She is the recipient of many honors and awards for her creativity, innovation, productivity, and exemplary leadership qualities. Honors include Association of Nurses in Professional Development (ANPD) prestigious Belinda E. Puetz Award, election to Sigma (formerly called Sigma Theta Tau) National Nursing Honor Society, and Business Woman of the Year by the National Business Council.
Michele is co-founder and chief executive officer of G.A.M.E.S., a company that specializes in seminars on adult learning and interactive training methods, and Tool Thyme for Trainers, a company which supplies innovative and creative presentation tools for educators worldwide. She has authored twelve books on creative and involving ways to teach adults. She is a past president of Lamaze International and past Accreditation Chair. She served on ANPD’s Education committee and was a member of the Editorial board of the Journal For Nurses in Professional Development for 8 years.
NCPD Provider Unit Statement:
OHSU is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Oregon Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Participants can earn 5.0 nursing continuing professional development contact hours.
All presenters for this activity have attested that they will provide the best available evidence for this content and present information fairly and without bias.
2023 OCNE Nursing Education Conference
Engagement & Innovation in Nursing Education
Dr. Kim Leighton is Executive Director of Itqan Clinical Simulation and Innovation Center at Hamad Medical Corporation in Doha, Qatar, serving the multidisciplinary clinical practitioner community. She moved from emergency nursing to education and simulation over 20 years ago, and enjoys facilitating learning with simulation, consulting, and mentoring others. Dr. Leighton is a past president of the International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning, where she led development of the first standards of best practice for simulation. She is currently on the Board of Directors for the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. Dr. Leighton’s research focuses on development and psychometric analysis of evaluation tools for simulation education, which have been disseminated through her website to simulationists in 85 countries. Her current work explores the effectiveness of various clinical education environments. Dr. Leighton is co-editor of the award-winning book Simulation Champions: Fostering Courage, Caring, and Connection.
Nursing Continuing Professional Development (NCPD) – 4.5 contact hours
To receive the continuing education credits, attendees must participate in all conference activities and submit an electronic evaluation. Participants who successfully complete the above requirements will receive a Certificate of Completion with the documented contact hours.
OHSU is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Oregon Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation #4003172.
2022 OCNE Conference
Oregon’s Nurse Educators: Leading a Pathway Forward
Sue Hassmiller serves as the senior adviser for nursing for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the National Director of the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, a 50 state effort to implement the recommendations of the Institute of Medicine report on the Future of Nursing. She is the recipient of a number of awards, three honorary doctorates and most notably the Florence Nightingale Medal, the highest international honor given to nursing professionals by the International Committee of the Red Cross. She is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine.
2021 OCNE Virtual Conference
Riding the waves: Equipped with Vision, Values and Leadership
Our inaugural Louise Shores Lecture Series Speaker:
Beverly Malone, PhD, RN, FAAN. Health care leader. Accomplished innovator. Nursing champion. Under Dr. Beverly Malone’s leadership, the National League for Nursing (NLN) has advanced the science of nursing education through enhancing stakeholder collaboration, increasing diversity in nursing scholarship, and championing evidence-based practice. Dr. Malone’s distinguished career has blended policy, education, administration, and clinical practice, including as Federal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health under President Bill Clinton.
As a reviewer, she contributed to the groundbreaking IOM report, “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health,” and served on the Minority Health Federal Advisory Committee. Dr. Malone has been awarded more than 20 honorary doctorates. Presently, Dr. Malone serves as vice chair at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Board of Directors, co-leads the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) Health Professional Education and Communication Working Group, and serves on NAM’s Steering Committee.
*The OCNE May Conference is planned to be a face-to-face event and guidelines and recommendations related to group gatherings will be closely monitored and observed.